dulce de leche cupcakes

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground cardamom
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 19 oz dulce de leche (about 1 1/2 cans)
• ¼ cup gold rum
• 1 batch of dulce de leche swiss meringue buttercream